SIXTEENTH WEEK. 



DO not hold myself bound to answer 

 the question, Does gardening pay ? It 

 is so difficult to define what is meant 

 by paying. There is a popular notion that, 

 unless a thing pays, you had better let it alone ; 

 and I may say that there is a public opinion that 

 will not let a man or woman continue in the 

 indulgence of a fancy that does not pay. And 

 public opinion is stronger than the legislature, 

 and nearly as strong as the ten commandments : 

 I therefore yield to popular clamor when I dis- 

 cuss the profit of my garden. 



As I look at it, you might as well ask, Does a 

 sunset pay ? I know that a sunset is commonly 



